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1 The Inadequacy of Classical Physics.......................... 19
1.1 The wave nature of hght................................ 19
1.2 The particle nature of light........................... 22
1.3 The behavior of electrons.............................. 26
1.4 The wave theory of matter.............................. 33
1.5 The principle of superposition......................... 38
2 The Physical Content of the Wave Function.................... 44
2.1 The wave function of an electron....................... 44
2.2 The wave function of a photon.......................... 48
2.3 Expectation values, probabilities and superposition.... 50
2.4 rrhe momentum wave function............................ 55
2.5 The momentum operator.................................. 57
2.6 Indeterminacy.......................................... 63
3 General Principles........................................... 76
3.1 Interactions........................................... 76
3.2 The current vector..................................... 78
3.3 Time dependence of expectation values.................. 80
3.4 Hermitian operators.................................... 86
3.5 The indeterminacy relations............................ 91
3.6 Eigenstates............................................ 95
3.7 Superpositions.........................................100
3.8 Summary................................................103
4 Systems in One Dimension.....................................105
4.1 Simple barriers........................................105
4.2 Potential wells........................................112
4.3 Classical considerations on 1/1........................118
4.4 The WKB approximation..................................120
4.5 The connection formulas................................124
4.6 The anharmonic oscillator..............................131
4.7 The double potential well..............................132
4.8 The harmonic oscillator................................139
4.9 Analytical solution....................................139
4.10 Algebraic solution....................................143
5 Hermitian Operators, Symmetry, and Angular Momentum..........151
5.1 The orthogonality theorem..............................151
5.2 Eigenfunction expansions...............................153
5.3 Matrices and the Dirac notation........................156
5.4 Simultaneous observables...............................159
5.5 Transformations as dynamical variables.................162
5.6 Hermitian momenta in curvilinear coordinates...........172
5.7 Angular momentum.......................................173
5.8 The eigenvalues of Lz and L 2..........................179
5.9 Note on infinitesimal transformations..................183
6 Spin and Isospin.............................................186
6.1 The phenomenon of spin.................................186
6.2 Spin in a constant magnetic field......................194
6.3 Magnetic resonance.....................................198
6.4 Addition of two spins..................................201
6.5 Addition of spin and orbital angular momenta...........205
6.6 Isospin................................................212
6.7 Isospin and elementary particles.......................217
7 Systems in Two and Three Dimensions..........................223
7.1 Degeneracy.............................................223
7.2 Systems of several particles...........................233
7.3 The hydrogen atom......................................237
7.4 A singular potential...................................247
7.5 The deuteron...........................................250
7..6 The diatomic molecule.................................259
7.7 Electron in a magnetic field...........................263